Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute

Minor in Russian and East European Studies

Students on Summer 2023, Fall 2023, or Spring 2024 requirements REESTMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

History and Geography. One (1) course:
- Russian and East European Institute
REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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REEI-R 202 Magic in the Russian Empire

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the history of magic in the Russian Empire. Explores magical murder, herbal medicine, witchcraft trials, and political sorcery through original documents. Considers the importance of gender, class, and religion in the history of magic in this region.

REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
REEI-R 302 Russia, Past and Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary study of the geography, natural resources, peoples, religions, economy, political and social systems, education, law, cultures, literatures, and arts of Russia. Emphasis on recent developments with appropriate attention to historical roots.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 302 or REEI-R 302.
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CEUS-R 191 Introduction to Central Eurasia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Freshman or sophomore standing; or consent of department
Description
Introduction to the history of the traditional Central Eurasian ("Inner Asian") peoples through lecture and film. Topics include Proto-Indo-Europeans, Silk Road, Attila, steppe empires, Dalai Lama, Manchu and Russian relations, and the re-emergence of Central Eurasia in the late twentieth century. Extensive use of films.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 191 or CEUS-U 190.
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CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland, three European nations whose peoples speak unique Uralic languages. Covers their culture and history as shaped by their Uralic heritage and by Germanic, Turkish, and Slavic conquerors. Focuses on national awakenings, independence, communism, and their role in Europe today.
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CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
In-depth study of modern Finnish history, stressing Russification; 1905 Revolution; independence; interwar period, the Winter War and the Continuation War; "Finlandization," economic miracle, and welfare state; changing role of women; Finland as part of Scandinavia; literature, art, and music; and membership in the European Union.
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CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores Central Asia's role in world history, in Islam, and as a link between East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Readings in English translation.
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CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys Islam and Muslim communities in areas of the former U.S.S.R. After basic coverage of Islam, Russian expansion, and their interaction, the course focuses on the pressures experienced by and exerted by Islam as a religion and socio-cultural system, with attention to religious life's adaptations to the Soviet and post-Soviet context.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 313 or CEUS-U 394.
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CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Europe's largest minority, the so-called "Gypsies," more properly the Roma, have been killed, hunted, and reviled; yet the exotic flavoring of "Gypsiness" has fascinated writers, artists, and composers. Surveys Roma history and representations. No background in East European studies, music, or film is required; readings are in English.
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CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines Mongolia's turbulent history from independence from China's last dynasty in 1911 through theocracy, revolution, and communism to today's market democracy. Also focuses on social, economic, cultural, and demographic changes. No prerequisite.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 360 or CEUS-U 469.
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CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Traces the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings to its height under Suleyman the Magnificent. Themes include Turks before the empire, Asia Minor before the Turks, rival principalities, centralization, Ottomans as European and Middle Eastern, economy, society, religion, law, learning, ethnic/cultural diversity, and the "classical age" as a concept.
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CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
In-depth exploration of Chinggis Khan's Mongol Empire from its origins in the twelfth century in the continent-wide breakdown of the 1330s-1370s. Primary sources (Mongolian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and European) in translation, including many of the medieval era's greatest histories and travelogues.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 393 or CEUS-U 368.
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CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of Russia and Central Asia's complex relations, covering Russian expansion in the sixteenth century, Russian conquest in the nineteenth century, socio-political developments, and the emergence of modern nations in the 1920s. Themes include mechanism of Empire, dynamics between conqueror and conquered, and colonial administration of Islamic peoples.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 412 or CEUS-U 494.
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CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys Islamic Central Asia from the sixteenth century to the Russian conquest, especially Chinggisid Uzbek states and the "tribal" dynasties, but also East Turkestan to 1755, and nomadic Qasaqs, Qirghiz, Turkmens. Themes include political institutions, legitimation, nomads and sedentaries; ethnic developments; religion and culture; sources and historiography.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 413 or CEUS-U 493.
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COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
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CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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GEOG-G 120 Regions of the World
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
What do bananas, the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and drone warfare have in common? How do economic development, geopolitics, and resource extraction shape current events? Answers to these and other questions are used to explain the roots of contemporary global events.
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GEOG-G 378 The Geography of North Central Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the geography of the Caucuses and North Central Asia. Focuses on general issues, such as the challenges posed by living in Russia's shadow, environmental degradation and political identity, before turning to an examination of each country.
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GEOG-G 427 Russia and Its Neighbors
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Geographic problems and prospects of the former republics of the Soviet Union with an emphasis on political geography, environmental issues, population, urbanization, energy, and the location of economic activity.
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GEOG-G 428 Geography of Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Emphasizes common themes across the countries of Europe and the distinctive cultures that make up the region. Begins with a discussion of the physical landscape of Europe, then explores the cultural and economic landscape of the region.
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SGIS-S 300 Global Issues

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a variety of global issues related to security, technology, media, law, global careers, global and local community awareness, global languages and policy making.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of international and global issues relating to politics, security, media and health.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Grading
S/F grading.
HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems across more than one period of Western European history. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in modern European history (1750-present). Topics will vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines the origins, character, and development of anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the post-Holocaust period. Asks whether anti-Semitism is a single phenomenon with a clear tradition and cause, or whether it has varied markedly over time and from country to country.
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HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Anti-Semitism in imperial and Weimar Germany; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; theological, moral, and political implications.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-B 323 or JSTU-J 323.
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HIST-D 100 Issues in Russian and East European History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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HIST-D 102 Icon and Axe: Russia from Earliest Times to 1861
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to main events and issues in Russian history from earliest times to the Crimean War in the mid-nineteenth century. Covers foundation of a great Slavic state into the Eurasian plain, the Kievan era of early state building, colorful rulers such as Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 101, HIST-D 102, or HIST-H 261.
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HIST-D 103 The Making of Modern Russia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to main events and issues in Russian history from the middle of the nineteenth century to present. Covers the great liberating reforms of Tsar Alexander II, the last tsar, Nicholas II, the revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin, the brutal tyrant Joseph Stalin, and the last Communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 101, HIST-D 103, or HIST-H 261.
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HIST-D 200 Issues in Russian/East European History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
In recent decades democratically-oriented revolutions have occurred in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. What accounts for this phenomenon? What common ideas and practices link them? Why were some more successful than others?
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HIST-D 300 Issues in Russian/East European History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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HIST-D 302 The Gorbachev Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The revolution in Soviet politics, culture, and daily life wrought by Mikhail Gorbachev (1986-1991) and the end of the Soviet Empire. Examination of selected issues: political structures, family, education, youth, status of women and minorities. Historical roots traced.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 302 or REEI-R 302.
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HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of the history of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Topics to be discussed will include Hasidism, Kabbalah, shtetl life, Haskalah (the Jewish Enlightenment), Socialism, Yiddish literary traditions, and the Holocaust.
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HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Russian empire under Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Napoleon\'s invasion, expansion across Asia into the Americas, nationalism, war, and revolution. Other topics include daily life of the common people, gender issues, religion, and the emergence of a modern industrial society.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 308 or HIST-D 409.
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HIST-D 309 Russia in World War II: Battles and People
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Issues covered include Soviet politics and society on the eve of WWII, prewar diplomacy, the major battles of WWII on the Eastern Front, the Soviet \"home front,\" popular culture, and the impact of WWII on the Soviet Union and on the Soviet Union\'s international position.
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HIST-D 310 Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Causes and development of Russian revolutions and civil war; Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin; purges, terror, economic development, society, and arts under Stalin; struggle against Hitler; scope and limits of de-Stalinization under Khrushchev; minorities, dissent, and life in the Soviet Union.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 310 or HIST-D 410.
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HIST-D 320 Modern Ukraine
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A history of one of the most neglected nations in European history, once the breadbasket of the Soviet Union and now one of the largest nations in Europe. Examines issues of national identity and national consciousness and explores the place of Ukraine in Eurasian history.
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HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Origin of the Hungarian people; settlement of the Danubian basin; adoption of Christianity; formation of Hungarian state; impact of western European civilization and economic system during Middle Ages and Renaissance; effect of Ottoman domination; Ottoman-Habsburg conflict; liberation of Hungary from Turkish rule.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 321 or HIST-D 421.
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HIST-D 322 Hungarian History and Civilization 1711--1918
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Modernization and rebuilding of Hungary during Habsburg enlightened absolutism; age of reform and the revolution of 1848-1849; compromise of 1867; social and economic transformation of Hungary within the framework of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; problems of a multinational state; World War I and collapse of historical Hungary.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 322 or HIST-D 422.
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HIST-D 325 Path to Emancipation: Nationalism in the Balkans, 1804--1923
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Decline of the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionary traditions and movements; peasant societies and folk customs; literary and linguistic nationalism; Balkan irredentism. Formation of Serbian (Jugoslav), Greek, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Albanian, and Turkish national states. Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and British influence and imperialism in southeastern Europe and Near East.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 325 or HIST-D 425.
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HIST-D 327 The Habsburg Empire, 1780-1918: Nation-Building and Imperial Decline
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Enlightened despotism; Metternichian system; struggle for German unification; Habsburg culture and civilization. German-Austrian, Hungarian, Czechoslovak, South Slavic, Rumanian, and Polish nationalism. Industrialization; Christian socialism and Austro-Marxism; murder at Sarajevo; destruction of the empire; its legacy to Europe.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 327 or HIST-D 427.
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HIST-D 329 Eastern Europe 1900--1943
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Begins around 1900 with twilight of great empires (Russian, Prussian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian), exploring origins of modern eastern Europe, the \"rebirth\" of Eastern Europe after WWI; wild 1920s; polarizing ideological spectrum of the 1930s; and dynamics of communism and fascism. Given the spectre of WWII, this course will pose the question of whether and how we can read the interwar years in a way other than as a prelude to an inevitable catastrophe to come.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 328, HIST-D 329, or HIST-D 428.
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HIST-D 330 Eastern Europe 1944--Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines origins of communism in Eastern Europe, brutal takeover and Stalinization, attempts to reform communism, the fall of communism and ensuing battles for privatization, democratization, and the Wars in Yugoslavia. Looks at political institutions that shaped communist and post-communist Eastern Europe and important social and cultural developments.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 328, HIST-D 330, or HIST-D 428.
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HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topics include the origins of Judaism, Jewish life in ancient Israel and the Diaspora, Judaism and the origins of Christianity, Jewish society and culture under Christian and Muslim rule in the Middle Ages.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-H 251 or JSTU-J 251.
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HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Jewish history from early modern times to the present. Topics include Jewish daily life in early modern Europe and Ottoman Turkey, Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish emancipation, modern Judaism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, the State of Israel, and the history of American Jewry.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-H 252 or JSTU-J 252.
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HIST-J 400 Seminar in History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
HIST H-270; and a major in history or secondary education social studies
Description
Develops research skills in history, focusing on the issues and sources of a broad time period and/or theme with multi-national or global scope. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topics include the origins of Judaism, Jewish life in ancient Israel and the Diaspora, Judaism and the origins of Christianity, Jewish society and culture under Christian and Muslim rule in the Middle Ages.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-H 251 or JSTU-J 251.
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JSTU-J 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Jewish history from early modern times to the present. Topics include Jewish daily life in early modern Europe and Ottoman Turkey, Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish emancipation, modern Judaism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, the State of Israel, and the history of American Jewry.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of J252 or HIST-H 252.
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JSTU-J 323 History of the Holocaust
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Anti-Semitism in the modern world; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; anti-Semitism and racial thinking; collaboration, resistance, and rescue.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of JSTU-J 323 or HIST-B 323.
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MELC-M 348 Byzantium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the history, society, economy and culture of the Byzantine Roman Empire (\"Byzantium\"), ca. 330-1453 CE. Focuses on its imperial and Christian ideology, urban and frontier life, military ventures and diplomatic strategies for survival while situated between Western Christendom and Islamic Caliphates in the medieval Middle East.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-B 348, MELC-M 348, or NELC-N 348.
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HIST-D 303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Biographies of a number of Russia\'s most colorful personalities and the times in which they lived; among them, Ivan the Terrible, Pugachev, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Bakunin, Tolstoy, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin.
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Social Sciences. One (1) course:
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REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
REEI-R 302 Russia, Past and Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary study of the geography, natural resources, peoples, religions, economy, political and social systems, education, law, cultures, literatures, and arts of Russia. Emphasis on recent developments with appropriate attention to historical roots.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 302 or REEI-R 302.
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ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Remembrance is analyzed as a cultural and social reality. Review of the theoretical literature on collective memory as it unfolds in written, narrative, visual, and audiovisual art; in architecture and monuments; in private and public ritual; in genealogy; and in the social experience of the body.
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ANTH-E 387 The Ethnography of Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Europe is viewed as an idea, an identity, and an historical consciousness. Students explore the meaning of this idea in the contemporary development of social and cultural anthropology, and in such social areas as regionalism and nationalism, ethnic identity, gender and kinship, religion, the city versus the village, and political life.
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ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
General anthropological introduction to social institutions and cultural forms of the Arab countries of North Africa and the Near East, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, development of Islam and Muslim empires, traditional adaptive strategies, consequences of colonialism, independence and rise of nation-states, impact of modernization, changing conceptions of kinship, ethnicity, and gender.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 397, CEUS-R 352, CEUS-U 397, or NELC-N 397.
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ANTH-E 398 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
General anthropological introduction to societies and cultures of contemporary Muslim successor states of former Soviet Central Asia, Western China (Xinjiang), and Iran and Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, ethnohistory, traditional subsistence strategies, family, kinship, gender, sociopolitical organization, impact of colonial rule of tsarist and Soviet Russia and China, development of modern nation-states in Iran and Afghanistan, and dynamics of current conflicts and future prospects.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 398, CEUS-R 316, or CEUS-U 398.
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ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Intensive examination of selected topics in anthropology. Emphasis on analytic investigation and critical discussion. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be taken with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ANTH-E 412 Anthropology of Russia and Eastern Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the contradictory effects of socialism's "fall" through a study of new ethnographies of postsocialist societies. Regional inquiries will be related to broader intellectual issues such as globalization, social suffering, commodification and cultural identity, ethnicity and nation building, armed conflict, and gender inequalities.
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ANTH-E 445 Seminar in Medical Anthropology
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
This advanced seminar in medical anthropology focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding the body and notions of health, illness, and disease across cultures. Concentrates on interpretive and critical (political economy) approaches to issues of health and includes critical study of Western biomedicine.
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ANTH-L 400 Topical Seminar in the Ethnography of Communication

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Current issues in linguistic anthropology, designed to acquaint the student with readings and points of view not covered in the introductory courses. Topics such as languages of the world, variation in language, problems in linguistic structure, and culture and communication. Topic varies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.

CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.

CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An introduction to Central Eurasia, especially the former Soviet Union, focusing on the 1980s and beyond. Main topics are politics, society, and economy; others include demography, Islam, women, and foreign policy.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 315 or CEUS-U 395.
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CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Analyzes environmental and social conditions in the immense region of Northern and Central Eurasia (former Soviet Union). Covers general environmental and political situations; environmental transformation under Soviet rule; environmental and health problems; conclusions on current trends.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 394 or CEUS-U 374.
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CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Challenges the assumption that terms such as "Chinese," "Taiwanese," or "Kazakh" represent straightforward concepts. Via theories of identity, and careful attention to the history of China and Inner Asia, explores and explodes the association of identity and descent, language and ethnicity, citizenship and nationality.

CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Exploration of the roles of religious figures and institutions in sanctioning, exercising, and/or undermining political authority in Islamic Central Asia. Focuses on the political influence wielded by the local representatives of Islam's spiritual ideal, especially Sufi shaykhs and how they used their extraordinary socio-economic and political power.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 416 or CEUS-U 498.
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COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
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CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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CJUS-P 340 Law and Society: The Cross-Cultural Perspective
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Roles of legal institutions and processes in social and cultural systems. Cross-cultural examination of the foundations and contexts of legal forms and content and their relation to social, economic, and political systems and institutions. Analysis of legal impact, legal change, and legal development.
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CJUS-P 474 Law, Crime, and Justice in Post-Soviet Russia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary course examines how the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are being influenced by the forces of transition. Analysis of Russian crime, including corruption, patterns of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, and drug use. Last section focuses on the Russian criminal justice system, including juvenile justice, policing, and prisons.
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CJUS-P 493 Seminar in Criminal Justice

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Intensive study and analysis of selected problems in criminal justice. Topics will vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
ECON-B 252 Fundamentals of Economics for Business II
Credits
3
Prerequisites
ECON-B 251
Description
Continuation of Fundamental of Economics for Business I. After a review of the major types of markets, explores macroeconomic concepts, beginning with measurement and the National Income Accounts, and then moving to cycle fluctuations and performance of stock markets. Concludes with microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives in two areas: labor markets and globalization will applications in business contexts.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ECON-B 252 or ECON-E 252.
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ECON-E 252 Fundamentals of Economics II
Credits
3
Prerequisites
ECON-E 251 or ECON-B 251
Description
Continuation of Fundamental of Economics I. After a review of the major types of markets, explores macroeconomic concepts, beginning with measurement and the National Income Accounts, and then moving to cycle fluctuations and performance of stock markets. Concludes with microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives in two areas: labor markets and globalization.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252.
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ECON-E 309 Topics in Economics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252
Description
Study of a topic area in economics. Topics will vary. Intended primarily for those wanting exposure to economics beyond the introductory level.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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ECON-E 386 Soviet-Type Economies in Transition

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
Description
Economic institutions, resource allocation mechanisms, incentives and decision-making in a Soviet-type economy; economics of transition to a market-oriented system. Particular attention is paid to price liberalization, development of the financial system, privatization of state-owned assets, opening to the world economy, and the role of private sector.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ECON-E 386 or ECON-E 497.

ECON-E 390 Undergraduate Seminar in Economics

Credits
3
Prerequisites
ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
Notes
Additional prerequisites may be required depending on the seminar topic
Description
Intensive study of a topic area in economics. Topics will vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

EURO-W 304 Model European Union

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
A course with two interrelated parts. The first involves an analysis of the decision-making powers of the European Union (EU). This analysis then leads to a formal simulation of the EU.
Repeatability
This course may be repeated for credit, for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected ideas, trends, and problems in contemporary Europe from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Specific topics will be announced each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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GNDR-G 402 Problems in Gender Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topical seminar in gender studies. Analysis of a particular issue or problem that has generated debate within gender-related scholarship in a particular discipline, or across several disciplines/fields of inquiry.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

SGIS-S 300 Global Issues

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a variety of global issues related to security, technology, media, law, global careers, global and local community awareness, global languages and policy making.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of international and global issues relating to politics, security, media and health.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Grading
S/F grading.
GLLC-G 210 Global Village Colloquium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Consent of Global Village director
Description
Intermediate consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GLLC-G 220 Global Village Colloquium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Consent of Global Village director
Description
Intermediate consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GLLC-G 320 Global Village Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Consent of Global Village director
Description
Advanced consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GLLC-G 321 Intelligence and National Security
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of intelligence in U.S. foreign policy and national security issues from 1776 to the present. A look at wartime and peacetime tactics, the Cold War, post–September 11th strategies, and both state and non-state threats. Examines shift to human intelligence, civil liberty issues, and foreign and domestic intelligence activities.
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HON-H 304 Interdepartmental Colloquia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Consent of Hutton Honors College
Description
Honors seminar focusing on topics in social and historical studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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INTL-I 100 Introduction to International Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
This introductory, interdisciplinary course exposes students to the various academic approaches essential to international studies and to the various concentrations that comprise the major.
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INTL-I 203 Global Development
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; introduces theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
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INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 304 Advanced Topics in Human Rights and International Law

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics focusing on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Topics are interdisciplinary in theory and method.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 310 Advanced Topics in Diplomacy, Security, Governance

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced topics focusing on the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 325 International Issues through Foreign Languages

Credits
1
Prerequisites
None
Description
This seminar will examine an international issue through a foreign perspective. Course readings and discussions will be conducted in a foreign language at an advanced level. The seminar\'s objective is to expose participants to global problems utilizing non-U.S. sources.

INTL-I 400 International Studies Capstone Seminar

Credits
3
Prerequisites
INTL-I 315; International Studies major; and at least sophomore standing
Description
This required seminar is designed for senior majors who have completed all of the International Studies degree requirements to consolidate their studies. Students complete a project that addresses an issue appropriate to their concentration.

INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of nationalism to explore how history, politics and culture conflict and converge in shaping multiple identities.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-X 370 Topics with Service Learning in International Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines issues of international scope through service learning projects. Content varies with instructor.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 435 and INTL-X 370.
POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines countries around the world to investigate fundamental questions about politics. Topics include democratic development, promotion of economic prosperity, maintenance of security, and management of ethnic and religious conflict. Critical thinking skills encouraged. Cases for comparison include advanced industrialized democracies, communist and former communist countries, and developing countries.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 107 and POLS-Y 217.
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POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Causes of war, nature and attributes of the state, imperialism, international law, national sovereignty, arbitration, adjudication, international organization, major international issues.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 109 or POLS-Y 219.
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POLS-Y 200 Contemporary Political Topics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Extensive analysis of selected contemporary political problems. Topics vary from semester to semester and are listed in the online
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for 6 credit hours.
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POLS-Y 210 Honors Seminar
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Intensive examination of selected political topics for freshman and sophomore honors students. Emphasis on critical discussion and preparation of brief papers.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit.
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POLS-Y 332 Russian Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Political process and government structure in the Russian state. Political institutions inherited from tsarist empire and the Soviet state (1917-1991), history of subsequent political reform. Political problems of ethnic conflict, creating democratic institutions, and of transition from socialism to market economy.
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POLS-Y 340 East European Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Compares political change in the East European states, and emphasizes the legacies of authoritarianism and communism and the post-communist transition to democracy. Topics include the building of political institutions, the inclusion of citizens into the polity, the reform of the economy, the management of ethnic and social conflicts, and integration into the European Union.
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POLS-Y 348 The Politics of Genocide
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Comparative study of major twentieth-century genocides. Examines the political conditions, ideologies, and movements leading up to mass murder, and the ethnic and global context of genocide. Focuses on the question of responsibility and accountability from the viewpoints of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders in the national and international communities.
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POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of the politics of the European Union (EU). Assesses past and present dynamics of economic and political integration in Europe, the structure and work of European Union institutions, and EU public policies such as the Single Market, the common currency, common foreign and security policy, and trade.
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POLS-Y 351 Political Simulations

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Notes
May be taken alone or in conjunction with related political science courses
Description
A course tied to simulations of international organizations such as the European Union, the United Nations, or the Organization of American States.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examination of the socioeconomic conditions and political ideologies leading up to the Holocaust, and the political, administrative, and social context for the genocide from the vantage of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. Focus on the individual, national, and international responses to and responsibilities for the Holocaust. Consideration of the Holocaust's legacies for the postwar world.
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POLS-Y 363 Comparative Foreign Policy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Compares factors that influence foreign policy and the foreign policy process. Focuses on domestic or internal sources of foreign policy behavior, including impact of individual leaders, group decision-making processes, bureaucratic politics, ideology and political culture, historical experience, and type of political system. Classroom simulations are central to the course.
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POLS-Y 368 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: POLS-Y 332
Description
Behavior of Russia and U.S.S.R. in world affairs from 1945 to the present. Emphasis on impact of geographic assets and vulnerabilities, historical experience, domestic politics, and the changing international environment.
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POLS-Y 375 War and International Conflict
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The nature of war. Theories and evidence on the causes of war. Discussion of the ways in which war has been conceived and perceived across time and of methods employed to study the phenomenon of war.
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POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Theories about the interaction between the international economic and political systems are the subject of this course. Works from each of the main traditions -- liberal, Marxist, and statist -- will be assigned. Specific topics covered will include (among others): the politics of trade, aid, foreign investment, and international monetary affairs; theories of dependency and imperialism; the politics of international competition in specific industries; the stability/ instability of international economic regimes.
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POLS-Y 381 Classical Political Thought
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An exposition and critical analysis of the major political philosophers and philosophical schools from Plato to Machiavelli.
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POLS-Y 382 Modern Political Thought
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An exposition and critical analysis of the major political philosophers and philosophical schools from Machiavelli to the present.
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POLS-Y 401 Topics in Political Science
Credits
2–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Topic varies with the instructor and year; consult the online
Repeatability
May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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BUS-D 301 International Business Environment

Description
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the environment in which international companies operate. Thus, participants should acquire awareness of, and an appreciation for, the diversity and complexity of the international environment. More specifically, the successful completion of this course should enable them to understand and analyze environmental problems which challenge management. Additional objectives of the course include: to explain how the international business environment affects us as citizens, consumers, and workers; to describe trade, investment, and financial links among countries; and to help interpret contemporary events from the perspective of international business. While the emphasis of the course is on analysis, students will acquaint themselves with the special terms, concepts, and institutions encountered in international business.
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.

BUS-D 496 Foreign Study in Business

Description
None
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.

BUS-F 494 International Finance

Description
Covers the international dimension of both investments and corporate finance. Develops strategies for investing internationally, estimating a corporation's exposure to real exchange rate risk, adjusting to client preferences and home currencies, evaluating performance, and hedging risk. Also covers international capital budgeting, multinational transfer pricing, and international cash management.
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.

BUS-G 494 Public Policy and the International Economy

Description
The goal is to develop a sound understanding of the basic elements of international trade and finance and the effects of various international economic policies on domestic and world welfare. Focus will be on the effects of globalization, the international monetary systems, foreign exchange determination, and international money markets.
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.

BUS-M 401 International Marketing

Description
Application of strategic marketing concepts and theory to the international arena. Stresses development of global perspective in understanding the uncontrollable forces affecting international operations and their impact upon the marketing mix. Examines the various marking functions within an international perspective.
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.

SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy

Description
This course will discuss current debates about U.S. Public Policy on the national and international levels. Some policy issues covered are economic, crime, security, health and energy.
Additional information
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Literature and Culture. One (1) course:
- Russian and East European Institute
- Art History
- Central Eurasian Studies
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Collins Living-Learning Center
- Comparative Literature
- English
- Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- Germanic Studies
- Global and International Studies, School of
- Global Living-Learning Community
- Hutton Honors College
- Jewish Studies
- Media School, The
- Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Religious Studies
- Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
- Jacobs School of Music
REEI-R 201 Current Issues in Eastern Europe
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary introduction to social, political, economic, demographic, and cultural issues currently facing the countries of Eastern Europe. Primarily addresses recent developments, while also considering historical roots of Eastern Europe, from 19th-century empires to 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes to post-1989 governance after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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REEI-R 300 Russian and East European Issues

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Brief examination of selected topics related to Russia and East Europe. Variable topics.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a total of 6 credit hours.
REEI-R 302 Russia, Past and Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Interdisciplinary study of the geography, natural resources, peoples, religions, economy, political and social systems, education, law, cultures, literatures, and arts of Russia. Emphasis on recent developments with appropriate attention to historical roots.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of HIST-D 302 or REEI-R 302.
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ARTH-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A survey of major styles and monuments in art and architecture from prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 101 or FINA-A 101.
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ARTH-A 226 Envisioning the Sacred: Survey of Medieval Art
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Origins and development of the architecture, and especially the sculpture and painting, of the period from Constantine the Great (300 A.D.) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 in the Byzantine East and the beginning of the Renaissance in the Latin West.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 226 or FINA-A 226.
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ARTH-A 341 Nineteenth-Century European Art
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of major artists and styles in painting and sculpture from c. 1770 to 1900, emphasizing developments in France, England, and Germany. Topics include neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, and post-impressionism.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 341 or FINA-A 341.
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ARTH-A 421 Pagans and Christians: Christian Art in the Roman Empire
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Christian art as it developed in its first centuries within the Roman Empire (200-600).
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 421 or FINA-A 421.
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ARTH-A 425 Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire (A.D. 600-1453). Consideration of materials from the core territories of the Byzantine world (Constantinople, Asia Minor, Greece), the Byzantine commonwealth of Orthodox lands (Kievan Rus, Serbia) and Western Europe (Sicily, Venice, Crusader states).
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 425 or FINA-A 425.
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ARTH-A 442 Twentieth-Century Art, 1900-1945
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Art, architecture and design of the first half of the twentieth century: cubism, futurism, German expressionism, Dada, constructivism, the Bauhaus, with emphasis on the central concepts of modernism and the avant-garde.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 442 or FINA-A 442.
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ARTH-A 480 Russian Art
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Russian art from the twelfth century to the present. Emphasis on the period 1850 to the present: realism, the Slavic revival, symbolism, constructivism, and socialist realism.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 480 or FINA-A 480.
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CEUS-R 199 Introductory Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for introductory topics in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 199 and CEUS-U 320.

CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for intermediate topics in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 299 and CEUS-U 320.
CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An introduction to contemporary Finnish literature which leads students through its major developments over the last 30 years. Focuses on the major themes and trends of Finnish literature through selected representative works. Finnish texts will be read in translation, analyzed, and discussed.
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CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Baltic-Finnish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys Islam and Muslim communities in areas of the former U.S.S.R. After basic coverage of Islam, Russian expansion, and their interaction, the course focuses on the pressures experienced by and exerted by Islam as a religion and socio-cultural system, with attention to religious life's adaptations to the Soviet and post-Soviet context.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 313 or CEUS-U 394.
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CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Anthropology of former Soviet Central Asia and adjacent areas of Iran and Afghanistan. Topics include ecology, ethnohistory, subsistence traditions; kinship, gender, identities; religion; transformations under Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, and the war on terrorism. No previous knowledge presumed; background in anthropology helpful.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 398, CEUS-R 316, or CEUS-U 398.
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CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Europe's largest minority, the so-called "Gypsies," more properly the Roma, have been killed, hunted, and reviled; yet the exotic flavoring of "Gypsiness" has fascinated writers, artists, and composers. Surveys Roma history and representations. No background in East European studies, music, or film is required; readings are in English.
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CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Hungarian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 352 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Ethnographic survey examines the social institutions and cultural forms in contemporary Middle Eastern societies (i.e., the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan). Topics include ecology; Islam; pastoral nomadism; agriculture and cities; colonialism and nation-states; tribalism, ethnicity, and gender; and modernization, oil wealth, labor migration, and social unrest.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 397, CEUS-R 352, CEUS-U 397, or NELC-N 397.
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CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Mongolian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Turkish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveys the Uralic (Finno-Ugric and Samoyed) peoples of northern Europe and Siberia. Topics include their origins and history, traditional and modern cultures, ethnic and national identity, development and modernization, and political independence and Russian rule. Also covers interrelations among Uralic peoples in the modern era.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 392 or CEUS-U 370.
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CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topic in Central Eurasian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours in CEUS-R 399 and CEUS-U 320.
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
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CLLC-L 310 Collins Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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CLLC-L 320 Collins Symposium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The arts, sciences, and professions in their larger contexts. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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CMLT-C 335 Realism, Naturalism, and Symbolism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
Description
The rise of realism in nineteenth-century fiction and its development into naturalism and impressionism; the symbolist reaction in poetry; the reemergence of the drama as a major genre. Authors such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Mallarme, Ibsen, Hauptmann, Strindberg, Chekhov.
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CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
Description
Study of literature by women from different ages and societies. Consideration of issues such as the relationship to literary tradition and cultural context, the creation of an authoritative voice, or the representation of women in literature. Course may focus on one genre or mode (such as drama, lyric, autobiography, or satire).
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CMLT-C 347 Literature and Ideas
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
Description
Historical interrelations between literature and philosophy. Recent topics have included free will and the problem of evil; mysticism, criminality, and suffering; existentialism and the literature of the absurd.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
Description
Selected topics focusing on Yiddish fiction and drama (1810-1914) or twentieth-century Yiddish fiction, drama, and poetry. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours for any combination of CMLT-C 377 and GER-E 351.
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CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
Description
Selected topics on history of Ashkenazic Jews; Old Yiddish and premodern Yiddish folklore and popular culture; history and sociology of Yiddish; modern Yiddish culture; and centers of modern Yiddish culture. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours for any combination of CMLT-C 378 and GER-E 352.
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CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
Description
Specific problems concerning the relationship of two or more literatures or of literature and another area in the humanities.
Repeatability
May be repeated twice.
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ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Jewish authors, such as I. B. Singer and Elie Wiesel; groups of authors, such as Holocaust writers and writers about the immigrant experience; or genres and themes. Topic will vary from semester to semester.
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FOLK-F 312 European Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Expressions of regional cultures and emerging nations of Europe. Social functions of folklore and folk music in rural and urban communities.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected topics focusing on Yiddish fiction and drama (1810-1914) or twentieth-century Yiddish fiction, drama, and poetry. Taught in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMLT-C 377, GER-E 351, and GER-Y 300.
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GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected topics on history of Ashkenazic Jews; Old Yiddish and premodern Yiddish folklore and popular culture; history and sociology of Yiddish; modern Yiddish culture; and centers of modern Yiddish culture. Conducted in English. No prior knowledge of Yiddish required. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMLT-C 378, GER-E 352, and GER-Y 350.
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GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor
Description
Readings in Yiddish or English translations on a topic in Yiddish Culture.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours in GER-X 493 and GER-Y 495.

SGIS-S 300 Global Issues

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a variety of global issues related to security, technology, media, law, global careers, global and local community awareness, global languages and policy making.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

SGIS-S 400 Advanced Topics in Global Affairs

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of international and global issues relating to politics, security, media and health.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Grading
S/F grading.
GLLC-G 210 Global Village Colloquium
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Consent of Global Village director
Description
Intermediate consideration of a topic or issue of international dimension not normally covered by individual departments. Often interdisciplinary. Subjects vary each semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on works of fiction and/or nonfiction that are distinctive of a particular time period, memorable event or occurrence, or location. Relevant monographs capture the essence of a specific era, happening, or the perspectives of people in a particular place.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Consent of Hutton Honors College
Description
Honors seminar focusing on topics in arts and humanities.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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JSTU-J 203 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected arts and humanities topics and issues in Jewish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected arts and humanities topics and issues in Jewish studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Media historiography, topics in national media history, national and international movements and trends. Topic varies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 420 and MSCH-F 420.
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MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
Credits
3
Prerequisites
At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
Description
Structure and function of international communication systems and barrier to flow of information among nations. Emphasis on gathering and disseminating information around the world. Study of the major newspapers of the world, international news agencies, and international broadcasting and satellite networks.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 448 or MSCH-J 448.
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MSCH-J 450 History of Journalism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
Description
American social-intellectual history integrated with the story of news media development, emphasizing the historical relationship of the mass media to American social, economic, and cultural patterns and developments. Origin, growth, shortcomings, and achievements of media. Impact of society on the media and vice versa.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 450 or MSCH-J 450.
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MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Engages selected works of Middle Eastern literature in relation to a singular cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours in MELC-M 305 and NELC-N 305.
REL-A 355 The Right Belief: History of Orthodox Christianity
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the doctrines, spirituality, and practice of Orthodox Christianity as expressed in various cultural and national contexts. Particular attention is paid to Orthodox asceticism, monasticism, parish life, theology, and religious rivalry within the confession.
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REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Special topics such as problems in Jewish mystical tradition, the nature of religious community, charismatic leadership, religious biography.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REL-A 430 and REL-R 445.
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REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Religious problems confronting Jews and Judaism in our own time: women and Judaism, the impact of the Holocaust on Judaism, contemporary views of Zionism, religious trends in American Judaism.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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REL-R 300 Studies in Religion
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected topics and movements in religion.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to history, literature, visual arts, music, film, and theatre of the Czechs.
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SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Some discussion of Slovak language and literature also included.
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SLAV-C 364 Lovers & Murderers: Czech Literature and Culture from WWII to Today
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of Czech fiction and drama from World War II to the present. Some discussion of émigré literature also included.
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SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focus on either Czech or Central European literature and culture; intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Readings and lectures in English.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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SLAV-P 223 Introduction to Polish Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of Polish culture from the origins of the Polish state to modern times. Important historical, political, and social developments and trends as seen through literature, art, science, music, architecture, and political documents. Knowledge of Polish not required.
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SLAV-P 363 Faces of War and Freedom
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Polish literature and culture from the nineteenth century to World War II in its turbulent historical and sociopolitical context. Special attention will be given to cultural representations of historical upheavals and the analysis of literary and artistic strategies of responding to the conditions of foreign occupation, colonization, and genocide. Knowledge of Polish language and culture not required.
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SLAV-P 365 Topics in Polish Literature and Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focus on Polish literature and culture with comparisons to other world literatures and cultures; intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Readings and lectures in English. No previous knowledge of Polish literature or culture required.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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SLAV-P 366 The Bold and the Restless: Polish Film from the 1950s to the Present
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An exploration of the post-World War II history of Polish cinema, made famous worldwide by directors such as Wajda, Kieslowski, and Polanski. Topics of interest include the cinema of moral anxiety (1970s); absurd comedies depicting life under communism; adaptations of literary classics; and new topics and genres in contemporary Polish film.
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SLAV-R 223 Introduction to Russian Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of development of Russian culture and thought from medieval Russia to the present, as seen primarily through literature and the arts. No knowledge of Russian is necessary.
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SLAV-R 224 Contemporary Russian Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of Russian culture from the late Soviet period to the present. Concentration on three simultaneous dichotomies: anthropological versus artistic culture; nationalism and classic Russian themes versus Western and postmodern trends; and popular versus serious art, music, and literature. Knowledge of Russian not required.
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SLAV-R 229 Russian Folk Tales
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey, analysis, and origins of traditional Russian folk tales based on thematic and structural classifications. Various approaches and theories are introduced in analyzing and interpreting folk tales, e.g., structural, formalist, thematic, and psychological. Pagan mythology, customs, and rituals are viewed as the possible origins of folktales. Influence of folk tales in music, arts, and cinema.
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SLAV-R 263 Pushkin to Dostoevsky
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The golden age of the Russian novel; its social, cultural, and economic context; the flowering of art and music; the rise of the metropolis in association with poverty, alienation, quest for identity (both national and personal), as reflected in the romantic and realistic works of Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky. Knowledge of Russian not required.
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SLAV-R 264 Rus Lit: Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
1880 to present, a period of profound political, social, and intellectual ferment: the Bolshevik Revolution, Civil War, collectivization, the Stalinist purges, World War II, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of a \"new\" Russia. Knowledge of Russian not required.
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SLAV-R 322 Linguistic Approaches to Russian Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
SLAV-R 202 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
Description
Introduction to Russian Silver Age poetry with focus on linguistic analysis of poems (scansion and related activities for identifying rhyme patterns, meter and other textual elements). Research of the culture and politics of the Silver Age is included to achieve more critical and nuanced reading. Readings in Russian; discussions in English.
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SLAV-R 328 Nabokov

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Provides an overview of Vladimir Nabokov\'s work in both Russian and English and contextualizes that work within the Russian diaspora. Explores the themes that make Nabokov a central figure of twentieth-century literature. Includes samples of literature by other Russian émigré authors. Knowledge of Russian not required.
SLAV-R 334 Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Two giants of world literature who have shaped not only modern cultural history but philosophy and politics as well. Major works of each author will be read within an international perspective. Knowledge of Russian not required.
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SLAV-R 349 Myth and Reality: Women in Russian Literature and in Life
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The roles, creations, and status of women in Russian and cross-cultural perspectives; and historical, literary, and social roles of Russian women. Major female characters of classical Russian literature and works of the most substantial Russian women writers will be studied. Special attention will be paid to the current situation in Russian literature and society.
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SLAV-R 366 Russian and Soviet Film
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Development of Russian cinematography from 1896 to the present. Characteristic features of Soviet films; the theory and practice of filmmaking in the former Soviet Union; the Soviet and Russian cinema in its relationship to Russian literature and in the larger context of European cinema art. Knowledge of Russian not required.
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SLAV-R 405 Readings in Russian Literature I
Credits
3
Prerequisites
SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
Description
Reading, in the original, of important Russian literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion and analysis of the works.
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SLAV-R 406 Readings in Russian Literature II
Credits
3
Prerequisites
SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
Description
Reading, in the original, of important Russian literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion and analysis of the works.
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SLAV-R 407 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society I
Credits
3
Prerequisites
SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
Description
Extensive translation from the original of selected works on Russian history, government, music, folklore, geography, culture. Discussion of both linguistic problems and content.
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SLAV-R 408 Readings in Russian Culture, History, and Society II
Credits
3
Prerequisites
SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
Description
Extensive translation from the original of selected works on Russian history, government, music, folklore, geography, culture. Discussion of both linguistic problems and content.
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SLAV-R 451 Russian Poetry
Credits
3
Prerequisites
SLAV-R 302 or consent of department
Description
Studies Russian lyric verse and its development through Russian literary history. Analyzes the most prominent works in the genre, from the pre-Pushkin period to the present day, and develops interpretive strategies. Considers the unique place of lyric verse in the Russian cultural tradition, its interactions with other cultural forms in Russia, and its origins in and influence on other literary traditions. Readings in Russian; discussion in English.
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SLAV-S 223 Introduction to Balkan and South Slavic Cultures
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of the cultures of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Romania, concentrating on the modern period. Lectures and readings in English.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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SLAV-S 320 Special Topics in Slavic Studies

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of literary and cultural issues and problems in the Slavic studies area. Variable topics ranging from a study of a single novel or genre to selected themes of Slavic literature in their historical and cultural contexts. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics up to 9 times for a total of 15 credit hours
SLAV-S 363 Literature and Culture of the Southern Slavs I: Literature and Nationalism in the Balkans
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of literary and intellectual history of the South Slavs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with a special focus on the foundational ideology of nations and nationalism in this period. Readings and discussions in English.
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SLAV-S 364 Socialist Modernism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of literatures and cultures of former Yugoslavia during the 20th and 21st centuries. Exploration of the unique Yugoslav aesthetic of socialist modernism and directions Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian literatures have taken in the post-modernist period.
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SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected topics from Slavic and East European literatures and cultures.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An area studies exploration of the ways in which people of Central and East European heritage express and adapt their ethnic identities in a United States context.
Repeatability
With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An introductory course on the linguistic analysis of Slavic languages.
Repeatability
With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
SLAV-T 366 Central European Cinema
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Broad cultural overview of Central European cinema, highlighting major developments of cinema in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and the former Republics of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in the post-Stalin era. Special attention will be given to the individual style and aesthetics of several major film directors.
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SLAV-U 223 Introduction to Ukrainian Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of Ukrainian culture from Kyivan Rus to the present, including such diverse facets of Ukrainian culture as folklore, language, art, literature, and modern pop-culture. Readings are supplemented by documentaries, cartoons, and music. Knowledge of Ukrainian not required.
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SLAV-X 490 Supervised Individual Reading

Credits
1–3 credit hours
Prerequisites
Consent of the department
Description
Reading, in the original, of materials in field of Slavic studies of particular interest to student.
Repeatability
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in SLAV-S 498 and SLAV-X 490.

MUS-Z 280 Music of the Silk Road

Description
Historical and current authentic music traditions of the Silk Road and their impact on music of today. The Silk Road was the network of trade routes that connected East Asia to the Mediterranean for almost 2000 years. It was the source of important cultural exchanges between the East and the West.
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.

MUS-Z 282 Music of Russia

Description
An introduction to Russian music, presenting an overview of its principal genres and styles, as well as of the major Russian composers and their musical works. Repertoire will include examples from composed music, folk music, sacred music, rock, pop music, and jazz.
Additional information
Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
Electives. At least two (2) courses:
- Additional courses from the History and Geography list
- Additional courses from the Social Sciences list
- Additional courses from the Literature and Culture list
Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 3.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
4. Minor Residency. At least 12 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.

Minor Area Courses

Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

Certificate in Russian and East European Studies (RUEESTACRT)
Minor in Polish Studies (POLISTMIN)
Minor in Russian and East European Studies with Language Certification (REELNGMIN)

Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.